Disgraced religious order tried to get abuse victim to lie

Disgraced religious order tried to get abuse victim to lie

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by Nicole Winfield, Maria Verza, The Associated Press

Feb 18, 2020

Yolanda Martínez's son had been sexually abused by a priest of the Legion of Christ, a disgraced religious order. But when she called Cardinal Valasio De Paolis — the Vatican official appointed by the pope to lead the Legion and to clean it up — to report the settlement the group was offering and to express her outrage, he laughed.